Mohammed Aqeel

Mohammed Aqeel (Urdu: محمد عقیل; alias Dr. Usman) (d. December 19, 2014, by hanging) was a Pakistani militant and member of the banned terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and former soldier[1] in Pakistan Army Medical Corps where he worked until 2006.

[3] Dr. Usman was also arrested in connection with the Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing in September 2008.

[4] Aqeel is the suspected mastermind of March 3, 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team.

[7] Months later Aqeel took part in the attack on the Pakistan Army General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.

[10] After 2014 Peshawar school attack, moratorium on the capital punishment was lifted in terror-related cases by Nawaz Sharif after which Aqeel along with Arshad Mehmood, who was convicted of an assassination attempt on General Pervez Musharraf, were scheduled for execution.